They recognized their feelings, but the knight had been reincarnated as a fox cub

Chapter 69: 68～The Knight from the Imperial Capital

Before he could even begin to agree, Fate had already sat down at Rowling's house.

Fate was quite aware of his appetite, which was definitely not small. If he kept eating other people's food for every meal, he would bankrupt Rowling's family in a few days.

Rowling's family wasn't wealthy, and her salary was only slightly higher than mine. She had to juggle several jobs, which was not easy for her, not to mention that she had to deal with a freeloader.

Taking into account her large appetite, Rowling prepared twice as much food as usual at noon. According to her, the church had extra money in the budget this month, and it would be a waste if it was left idle, so it would be better to use more of it.

Looking at the busy figures in the kitchen, Fate's gaze gradually moved to Rowling's hands.

He noticed that since noon today, Rowling had been wearing a pair of white gloves that she didn't usually wear.

At noon, Fate didn't take it seriously, thinking that it was because the weather had turned cooler recently and Rowling was afraid of the cold so she wore gloves.

But now that they were home, Rowling still refused to take off her gloves when washing vegetables, which made Fate a little strange.

"What's wrong, Mr. Fate?" When the food was served, Rowling looked a little strange when she saw that Fate's eyes were always on her hands. She subconsciously covered her hands to make sure her gloves were on.

This detail did not escape Fate's eyes.

"Is the weather very cold recently?" Fate asked with a little concern.

"It's ok, what's wrong?"

"I've never seen you wear gloves before."

"Then you can see it now, right?" Rowling rolled her eyes at Fate. "It's just a pair of gloves, what's the big deal?"

"Yeah." Fate didn't say much. Whether other people wear gloves or not is their own business. His occupational disease has indeed struck again.

After dinner, Fate wanted to stay and help Rowling wash the dishes, but was rejected by Rowling, saying that there were not many plates at home and Fate would break them if there were not enough.

"I'll take care of these things. Mr. Fate, you can go back first. Remember to come to my house if you're hungry tomorrow."

Fate scratched his head awkwardly, said goodbye to Rowling, and went back to the church.

After watching Fate leave, a strange look flashed in Rowling's eyes. She slowly peeled off her gloves, her face showing a bit more worry and confusion.

"How could it become like this?" The hands hidden in the gloves were no longer the hands she was familiar with.

Rowling stared blankly at the rough hands covered with black keratin, unable to believe that they were her own hands.

At first it was just a black spot on the back of my hand, but in just a few days it spread to my entire hand.

Rowling had to wear gloves to cover up her hands, which no longer looked human.

This was obviously some kind of virus or plague, but she didn't understand how she had the chance to be infected with the plague when she had never been far away and had always stayed in the city.

As a regular nun in the church, Rowling had some medical knowledge, but no matter how hard she searched her brain, she could not find any disease with related symptoms.

Obviously this was beyond her knowledge and she had to go to a sanatorium for treatment.

But.........

Rowling hesitated. She always felt that the illness she had this time was not ordinary. Going to a sanatorium for treatment would not only fail to cure it, but would also cause more trouble.

So, it was delayed until today.

Rowling's intuition told her that dragging it out was not a solution, but she couldn't just rush into something and try any possible means, right?

Perhaps, the reason why this disease has not been recorded is because it is very easy to cure and does not even require special treatment and will be cured in a few days.

With such a fluke mentality, Rowling has not gone to the sanatorium for treatment until today, hoping that the illness can be cured.

Rowling has vaguely realized that the nightmares with the same content during this period are not a coincidence, and it is related to the disease in her body.

With so many worries and nightmares all night long, Rowling has been under a lot of mental pressure these days. However, she cannot show it at work. When facing the believers who come to pray, she has to smile no matter how depressed she is.

Not only does she have no one to talk to, but she is also treated as a confidant by many believers and has to listen to other people's troubles. To put it bluntly, she is like a trash can.

If this continues and the illness cannot be cured, she doesn't know if she can keep herself from mentally collapsing.

But this kind of thing was too bizarre, and she didn't know who to tell it to.

It was not until this time that the nun realized that she did not seem to have even a close friend. She spent all her energy and time on work and prayer and had no time to manage her social life.

Normally, colleagues are indispensable in a person's network of relationships, but since this church is located in a remote area, its nature is special.

The priest of the church is always giving lectures outside and is not in the church. As for the remaining colleague...

Well, he couldn't even take care of himself, spent his money without any planning, and spent his clergy salary before the end of the month.

Rowling sighed.

The next day.

After anonymously reporting the problem of the demon's lair to the local tribunal, Fate no longer cared about the matter.

Fate did not say in the letter that he had followed the demons to discover their nest. Not wanting to get into too much trouble, he pretended that he was a passerby who witnessed this scene while going to the toilet in the middle of the night.

From now on, just let the knights investigate. As long as the knights are not fools, they will be able to spot some problems.

They are professional and capable of checking, so leaving it to them is the best choice.

The next morning, before the church opened, there was a loud noise outside, like firecrackers, which made Fate unable to sleep well. He almost turned into a fox and used his tail to cover his ears and continue to sleep.

In the morning, Fate heard the believers discussing this matter and realized that a group of professional knights from the imperial capital had arrived and were preparing to investigate the attack that occurred a few weeks ago.

That's perfect. Combined with the clues I provided to the local court, I'll be able to find out something at least.

If nothing is found out, we can continue to live in peace, but if something is found out, the peaceful days of Batti City will probably be over.

In fact, things happened faster than Fate thought. He had just taken a nap, and in the afternoon, the noise from the morning seeped into the church from outside.

Fate lazily raised his eyes slightly and found that the believers were all surprisingly quiet and orderly made way for a path from the church gate to the inside of the church.

Then, Fate saw a group of fully armed knights wearing armor and carrying the flag of the Imperial Capital marching into the Dawn Cathedral.

What are you doing?

Fate didn't think that these imperial knights were passing by the Dawn Church and paying homage.

"My fellow clergyman, thank you for your hard work. Good afternoon." The leading knight was wearing luxurious full-body plate armor and a knight's helmet decorated with a long red tassel. On his shoulders was the embossed pattern of the Imperial Capital's Divine Eagle. His skirt armor was decorated with colorful magic orbs, and on his waist hung a gold-patterned rose knight sword.

The cost of this luxurious enchanted plate armor alone could buy several pieces of real estate in the center of the imperial capital, not to mention the numerous accessories and enchantments on it. It was in stark contrast to Fate, who was wearing cheap second-hand armor.

Fate narrowed his eyes and stared at the handsome young knight. He could clearly feel the undisguised arrogance in his words.

Chapter 70: 69 ~ The Elander Family

A high-ranking knight of the Inquisition or even a Knight of the Palace would have to go without food and drink for more than ten years to save enough money to buy this set of +18 top-grade luxurious enchanted plate armor. The knight in front of him was obviously not that old, and it was impossible for him to go without food and drink.

Obviously, the money to purchase this suit of armor was not his own.

Of course, Fate didn't want to assume the worst of others. Perhaps the other person's family was wealthy and he bought it with his own money.

"you are?"

"My name is Canit Elande, the eldest son of the head of the Elande family in the imperial capital. I am currently the deputy leader and lord knight of the Wolf Knights. This time I came here to conduct an investigation on the orders of Grand Knight Commander Alins." Fate's reaction made Canit a little dissatisfied.

Normally, everyone who sees me is very respectful, even those who don’t know me. Anyone who knows a little bit about me would know that I am of noble origin just by looking at my armor.

This country bumpkin from a remote village was quite arrogant. He was just a nominal priest who guarded the church gate. When he greeted me, he just said "Who are you?" in a serious manner. His attitude was not respectful at all.

But in Fate's opinion, he is currently just a clergyman, and clergymen are not strictly speaking public officials, so he does not need to salute his superiors, let alone when he is a public official.

Fate had heard of the Eland family.

No, it's not just as simple as having heard of him. I'm an old acquaintance, a very familiar one.

When he led his troops to attack the imperial capital, the Elander family and their soldiers caused him a lot of trouble. Fate still remembered that he shouted to the head of the Elander family and told him that as long as he returned the land he had occupied from the people to the people, released the oppressed slaves, and followed the rules set by the Inquisition in the future, he would not make things difficult for their family.

However, the staunch aristocratic supremacist warriors ignored Fate and angrily scolded him for insulting their integrity as aristocrats. They refused to surrender and vowed to fight until the last man in the family died, to be loyal to the empire and to live up to the glory of their family's ancestors.

This drama of loyalty and unyieldingness stunned Fate who was standing under the city. Those who didn't know would have thought that he was the evil guy who persecuted the loyal people.

Facts have proved that the so-called integrity of the nobles was just like that. Seeing that the situation was hopeless, the second son of the Elland family at the time turned himself into a guide and surrender party, and led the army of the Inquisition into the city. The Elland people they met on the way turned against them one after another, without even symbolic resistance.

However, the head of the Eland family and his eldest son were quite principled at the time. When they saw that the rebels had already entered the city, they and his eldest son set themselves on fire at home. When Fate found them, they were already cooked through and had become two charred corpses.

Perhaps it was because of their integrity, or perhaps it was because they knew that if they surrendered and accepted trial, they would die, so it was better to commit suicide to preserve their reputation.

The death of both of them can exchange for the survival of the family, which is a very cost-effective deal.

In any case, it was finally discovered that all the crimes were committed by this father and son. Fate did what he said and did not make things difficult for the Eland family. He just asked them to release the slaves and close down many gray industries. That was the end of the matter.

Compared with many nobles who resisted to the end, the Elland family was not seriously injured, and it was only a matter of time before they made a comeback.

I just hope they don't make the same mistake again this time.

Fate had never seen the young master Elland in front of him. It was probably because he was too young when he attacked the city and did not go to the battlefield.

Looking at the other party's luxurious plate armor and knight's medals, the former victim was proud to wear the clothes of the former conqueror one day.

From this we can see that most of the aristocrats have no moral principles. In their eyes, nothing is more important than the continuation and continued prosperity of the family.

However, we cannot generalize. During the journey, Fate has seen many nobles who sacrificed their lives for justice. Regardless of whether they were right or wrong, they did carry out the so-called aristocratic spirit to the end.

Despite their different positions, Fate admired such people very much, and among them there were many nobles who understood the greater good and chose to stand on Fate's side, secretly helping him and fighting against other nobles and royal families with him.

"Well, Sir Kanit, what brings you here?"

"We have no intention of disturbing the peace and tranquility of your church. We are only acting on orders for the safety of the citizens of the empire." Seeing Fate's reaction, Kanit became even more dissatisfied, but he did not show it on his face.

Forget it. Why should I get angry with a gatekeeper?

This noise naturally attracted Sister Rowling from the church. She stood at the door and looked at Fate who was talking calmly with Kanit.

"Oh, I see. Then please do as you wish." The other party was a knight and was acting on orders, so Fate naturally did not stop him.

"But this temple is small and shallow, so please don't cause too serious impact."

"Don't worry, we won't make things difficult for our fellow clergymen." With that, Kanit waved his hand, and several fully armed knights stepped out, moving through the crowd, searching for the person they were looking for.

Most of the team members are knights, and some of them are knights who graduated from the Imperial Capital Knight Academy. This lineup is really luxurious.

Looking at the epaulettes of these knights, Fate pondered in his heart.

Soon, the knights, who were quick and efficient in their work, picked out a timid man wearing a velvet hat from the crowd.

"Deputy Captain, we found him. It's him." Two knights carried the struggling man back to Kanit.

"Sir, sir, I didn't do anything?" the man explained in panic.

"I'm sorry, sir, you are the one we are looking for this time." Kanit smiled. "Team up."

"Wait! Lord Knight of Dawn, I have never done anything illegal or harmful in my life! Why are you arresting me?" The man's voice trembled.

"Sir Knight, I know this gentleman. He is a local resident and often comes to church to pray. He is a very honest person and would not do anything bad. Could there be any misunderstanding?" Rowling couldn't help but speak.

"Sir Kanit, this is the Dawn Church after all. Arresting someone under the watchful eye of the Knight Commander of Dawn, and in front of so many people, will not have a good impact. You'd better give a reasonable explanation." Fate glanced at the statue of the Knight Commander in the church.

"Explain? Of course it's easy to explain." Kanit waved his hand. "Since the two colleagues want an explanation, and everyone present also wants an explanation, then watch carefully."

Kanit signaled to the knight who was holding the man. The knight understood and pulled off the man's velvet hat.

"What is this?........." Fate frowned, and the people around him were stunned and took several steps back.

"You all saw it, right? Soon, this man will no longer be human." Kanit pointed at the black keratin growing on the man's head and said coldly. "If we don't arrest him now, will he harm others in the future?"

Chapter 71: 70~Who will be willing to help you in the future?

"My Lord Knight, I have never harmed anyone! And I would never have such an idea!" Hearing Kanit's accusations against him, as well as the fear and retreat shown by the people around him, the man panicked.

"Just because you don't have them now doesn't mean you won't have them in the future," Kanit said coldly. "You have grown devil horns, which proves that some parts of your heart are no longer human."

"Sir Knight! How did you get here?" The man, who had never seen a big scene, was a little overwhelmed. "I really didn't!"

"No? No, why are you the only one with problems among so many people in Batti City and no one else? Since you are sure that there is nothing wrong with you, why are you hiding?"